A lot of people are not using precise language here
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Originally Posted by Type X
He is a consenting adult and its his right to make the decision when he gets into a vehicle on his belt....
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Actually it's not his "right" because it's against the law...it's his CHOICE
It is no more his right to hit the crack pipe 'cause he is the one smoking it and it only affects him'. Victimless crime I think it's called? Hitting the pipe, by the way, is about the only reason not to wear a seatbelt anyway...
You always hear about the one guy who was ejected from a car that erupted into flames...this is the exception of survivability, and not the rule...talk to an EMT...
I smoked a cigarette one time and didn't get lung cancer from it...I think it's a good idea to start smoking them all the time now because that one time I didn't get cancer...I'll just ignore all the empirical evidence that is available to prove that smoking is a bad idea...I think it's my right...
Is it that big of a deal? I have heard the sound twice in 15k miles. One time a friend of mine didn't put his belt on. He put it on and it turned off. He knows that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if, god forbid, I survived an accident and he didn't.
The other time I had my laptop and some other stuff on the front seat. I moved the stuff to the trunk where it belongs (in an accident this material could be flying through the passenger compartment whacking into people). After all the luggage was safely in the trunk, the beep went away. After all these creative solutions to the problem, maybe I should write up a DIY....